The Bangkok International Motor Show is Thailand’s biggest and most important car sales event. Held between 29-March to 11-April, sales figures at the motor show are often used as an indicator of the pulse of Thai car buyers, thus setting expectations for the rest of the year. A total of 53,438 vehicles were sold (booked) during the two-week long event, according to figures released by the motor show organizer Grand Prix International. As expected, Toyota leads the sales chart, with 8,540 bookin

Previously showcased at the Malaysia Autoshow in May, the 2023 Proton X50 R3 20th Anniversary Edition has just been launched earlier this morning. Limited to 200 units, it's priced from RM 125,300 sans insurance. That entire kit costs RM 12,000 above the base X50 1.5 Flagship's RM 113,300 price tag. Exterior Based on the Flagship variant, the X50 R3 Edition comes exclusively in satin black color with an R3 Aerokit package, including additional front lip, side skirts with carbon-like finish, a mo

After previewing this watch at last year’s EVM Asia Expo, the Proton X Watch has gone on sale for RM 1,499. This new watch was developed by ACO Tech and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chip (SoC). Like any modern-day smartwatch that’s worth its salt, the Proton X Watch features a 1.3-inch AMOLED display that’s protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass DX+. There’s also a stainless-steel case with ceramic bezels for a more upmarket feel. According to ACO Tech, the new Proton X W

So, another year older, another year marked with interesting (or forgettable) cars, and we'll be doing it all over again next year. SUVs will undoubtedly continue to play a greater focus here, so in this article – part one of three – we'll look at the possible non-luxury, non-EV SUVs that are very likely to launch in Malaysia in 2023. Hang on to your downpayments, we're going straight in... 2023 Chery Omoda 5 We'll start off with a bang, perhaps the most awaited-for model in this list. It's alre

Regardless of whether you are in China or in Malaysia, both the Honda HR-V and Proton X50 (also known as the Geely Binyue) are immensely well-received. As impressive as their on-paper specifications may be, the burning question is: which one fares better in a crash test? In an effort to determine which subcompact SUV safer, Chinese portal DaBiaoChe crash tested the China-market Honda HR-V and a Geely Binyue. Both SUVs were pitted in a frontal offset crash test and here’s the data gathered by DaB

We've seen the various spyshots and leaks, and now we have a reveal date - the next-generation, all-new 2022 Lexus NX will be making its global debut on 12-June 2021, 11 AM Malaysian time. In-keeping with that, the Japanese carmaker has recently released some teaser images. There's a few design cues we can pick up, namely the new font used for the 'Lexus' script beneath the Toyota Harrier-esque taillights. Meanwhile, there's images of the fresh wheel design, as well as a darkened silhouette. As